Dr. Pranshu Samdarshi works as an Assistant Professor at Nalanda University, Rajgir India. His research concerns the history and literature of Tantra traditions in Southern Asia and Tibet. His PhD research from the Department of History, University of Delhi, explored the dynamic relationship between sacred feminine imagery and Buddhist Tantra practice. He has been recipient of a Junior Research Fellowship and a Senior Research Fellowship of UGC, India. He has also designed and taught courses for Buddhist studies at Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok and Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, Delhi, India.